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Coronavirus hotspot Narayanganj reopens 191 factories raising escalation risks in Bangladesh
27 April 2020
... Narayanganj, one of the worst-hit coronavirus hotspots in Bangladesh, has resumed operations at 191 factories amid the nationwide shutdown designed to curb the spread of COVID-19 outbreak...
[A] worker of Hong Kong-based garment manufacturing unit Epic, said the workers were undergoing temperature check at the entrance. Disinfectants were also sprayed and they were maintaining a proper distance from each other. More than 8,000 workers are employed in the factory and over 600 of them rejoined work...